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[reporter] the wedding of gospel singer mahalia jackson to salesman-musician minters galloway came as a complete surprise. She has sung before queens and presidents, stunned musicologists, overflowed such world-renowned music halls as the state opera in vienna and albert hall in london, and five times faced a standing-room only audience in carnegie hall. How is my wife feeling today?
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[reporter] the wedding
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of gospel singer
mahalia jackson
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to salesman-musician
minters galloway
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came as a complete surprise.
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She has sung
before queens and presidents,
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stunned musicologists,
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overflowed such world-renowned
music halls
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as the state opera in vienna
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and albert hall in london,
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and five times faced
a standing-room only audience
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in carnegie hall.
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How is my wife feeling today?
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Movie Summary
The story of the New Orleans-born crooner who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.